GG Allin

[Gonzo]

Not exactly familiar with a lot of his music and I know he's not exactly along the lines of Garage Punk, Psych Folk Rockabilly Trash Surf and other various lofi genres generally favoured in this site but I'm wondering for any fans out there..what is a good place to start ? What was his best era ? For his albums, previous bands etc. Never really dug deep into his music and more so just seen footage of him for his antics.

[Johnny Bean]

Better to go and buy something by the Bay City Rollers :) All of his music is worthless shit just like him.

[Dana V. Hatch]

Dirty Love Songs on New Rose collects the best stuff, mostly his stuff from '83 to '86 with the Scumfucs. Freaks, Faggots, Drunks, and Junkies on Homestead is also good. Bay City Rollers were great till Rock and Roll Love Letter proved all their detractors right.

[whatwave dave]

GG's earliest recordings are actually quite good and many on this forum might actually enjoy them. As well as most of the Bay City Rollers songs...LOL..

 

Track down anything that was released on Orange Records...most of that stuff is late 70's punk/powerpop oriented and some of this actually features members of the MC5 backing him up. The LP Always Was, Is And Always Shall Be collects a lot of this material, but not easy to find....anything after that is pretty much predicatable GG Allin fodder for the kiddies.

[Max Reverb]

GG ALLIN was a punk rock god and true new england hero. I proudly visited his grave and enjoy much of his catalogue. He's got great country stuff out there, great pop punk, great scum punk, spoken word, poetry, GG stirred a lot of pots and his musical merit is sadly overshadowed by his hilarious and limitless antics. But at the core if you really look at it is an artist who suffered and endured unflinchingly for his personal mission and never caved in, bowed down, or gave up. There is an honesty and a realness in his songs that cannot be found in much music. GG didn't give you what you wanted he gave you what you deserved. Other great recordings he made include the Murder Junkies LP (not to be confused with the band the murder Junkies) where GG was backed by ANTi-Seen. His last album is highly under rated as well Brutality and Bloodshed for ALL. Some people don't dig on the cookie monster esqe vox on this record but GG always liked to try new things, and this record is more indicative of his real life philosophy. It is hard to imagine anyone will ever overshadow GG ALLIN.

[Sara]

I agree, Always was, is, and always shall be is an amazing record! I'm not a huge fan of much released after that, but that record, made with the jabbers, is a punk rock / power pop gem. And i heard it was recently reissued, don't know by who though......


whatwave dave said:

GG's earliest recordings are actually quite good and many on this forum might actually enjoy them. As well as most of the Bay City Rollers songs...LOL..

 

Track down anything that was released on Orange Records...most of that stuff is late 70's punk/powerpop oriented and some of this actually features members of the MC5 backing him up. The LP Always Was, Is And Always Shall Be collects a lot of this material, but not easy to find....anything after that is pretty much predicatable GG Allin fodder for the kiddies.

[kopper]

Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be LP (1980) is indeed fantastic. There are a couple of other early 7" EPs that are worth hunting down, too. The S/T 7" on Orange Records from 1980 is one, GG Allin & The Scumfucs 7" on Blood Rec. (1982?) is another.

[Mike]

Only saw GG once. Way late. Maybe early to mid 90's up in San Francisco. I wasn't impressed. Just watched him do his poo thing and chase people around the club. Musically, it was boring and pretty generic sounding. With that said, I do like the two singles I have - 'Gimme Some Head' & 'No Rules' which it seems alot of people I know don't like. There was a CD that came out around '99/2000 that had most of his early stuff on it. i really liked it but can't find it now. Anyone know what it was called?

[Gonzo]

Holy crap that's GG ? What ever happened to him ...thanks for the replies.

kopper said:

Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be LP (1980) is indeed fantastic. There are a couple of other early 7" EPs that are worth hunting down, too. The S/T 7" on Orange Records from 1980 is one, GG Allin & The Scumfucs 7" on Blood Rec. (1982?) is another.

[Alex]

If you haven't seen it yet, Jerry Springer once devoted an entire episode to GG Allin, and had him on the show.  It's absolutely incredible how crazy he really was:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2LvZd_9aMU

[KK Dirty Money & Las Drogas]

Don't Talk To Me is a super fun tune!

kopper said:

Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be LP (1980) is indeed fantastic. There are a couple of other early 7" EPs that are worth hunting down, too. The S/T 7" on Orange Records from 1980 is one, GG Allin & The Scumfucs 7" on Blood Rec. (1982?) is another.

[Obo Surpsak]

I was a huge GG fan back in the day. Everyone is dead on about his older stuff being his best. I would agree that his acoustic is fairly good, Blood For You and Sitting in This Room are a couple of my faves. He does have alot of ppl that hate him and his music, but I don't think he would have it any other way.

[The Movements]

Always was, is, and always shall be is a great record. Most of his other records are crap (especially his records from late 80s/early 90s).

Btw. If youre interested in the records with Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson backing him up I think they are called GG Allin and the Motor City Bad Boys.

whatwave dave said:

GG's earliest recordings are actually quite good and many on this forum might actually enjoy them. As well as most of the Bay City Rollers songs...LOL..

 

Track down anything that was released on Orange Records...most of that stuff is late 70's punk/powerpop oriented and some of this actually features members of the MC5 backing him up. The LP Always Was, Is And Always Shall Be collects a lot of this material, but not easy to find....anything after that is pretty much predicatable GG Allin fodder for the kiddies.